Social Studies, Grade 3

Unit 1: Social Studies Concepts and Skills - 1. Inquiry and Research

Demonstrating proficiency in utilizing concepts from the social sciences - the inquiry model, forms of analysis, and making reasoned assessments.

• Using an inquiry model
• Forms of analysis and critical thinking

Unit 2: Anthropology - 2. Civic Engagement

Demonstrating an understanding of the importance of promoting positive interactions among people - understanding stereotyping and taking action to promote positive interactions.

• Positive interactions and stereotyping
• Taking action to promote positive interactions

Unit 3: Anthropology - 3. Culture and Diversity

Demonstrating an understanding of the diversity of culture within Newfoundland and Labrador - how people express their culture and how and why culture changes over time.

• Ways people express culture
• How and why culture changes over time

Unit 4: Anthropology - 4. People, Place, and Environment

Demonstrating an understanding of the cultural diversity of Newfoundland and Labrador - who the peoples of the province are and how the diversity of the population has changed over time.

• The various peoples of our province
• Why people migrate and how diversity changes

Unit 5: Civics - 5. Civic Engagement

Demonstrating an understanding of citizenship and of how citizens can participate in public decision making.

• What it means to be an active citizen
• Rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens

• Methods of decision-making
• Influencing public decisions

Unit 6: Politics - 7. Citizenship, Power, and Governance

Demonstrating an understanding of the importance of government - the purpose of laws, and the levels and function of government in Newfoundland and Labrador.

• The purpose of laws
• Levels of government and the provincial government

Unit 7: Geography - 6. People, Place, and Environment

Demonstrating an understanding of the geographic location, geographic features, and population distribution of Newfoundland and Labrador.

• Using the concept of location
• Describing where our province is

• Landforms and bodies of water
• Climate and vegetation

• Rural and urban communities
• Factors that affect where people live